U.S. Navy signs Charles River Analytics to detect informational warfare

September 16, 2017, 7:45 am

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LISA DAIGLE, ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Intelligent-systems developer Charles River Analytics (CRA) and the Office for Naval Research (ONR) have announced that CRA has won a contract focusing on social media analysis and pattern detection. The two-year, follow-on contract for a Composable Hybrid Approach to Recognizing Bots and their Influence in Social Media Analysis (CHARISMA)  is… Continue reading U.S. Navy signs Charles River Analytics to detect informational warfare

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Disinformation: How It Works

September 16, 2017, 7:48 am

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Oldie but goodie. Most of this is spot on and a great primer for anyone interested in this field. The author’s later works are more…  mystical. </end editorial> Thursday, 09 August 2012 03:15 Brandon Smith There was a time, not too long ago (relatively speaking), that governments and the groups of elites that controlled them… Continue reading Disinformation: How It Works

What We Don’t Know Can Hurt Us

September 16, 2017, 11:27 am

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Revelations that Russia used Facebook ads and events in 2016 underscores what little we know. By Robert Schlesinger, Managing Editor for Opinion | Sept. 15, 2017, at 6:00 a.m. The Russia scandal increasingly looks like a matryoshka doll in reverse. The Russian dolls famously each open to reveal a smaller version nestled inside; the scandal over our foreign… Continue reading What We Don’t Know Can Hurt Us

d U.S. and 16 other national anti-doping agencies call for banning Russia from 2018 Olympics

September 16, 2017, 6:27 pm

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By Marissa Payne September 15 A day after the World Anti-Doping Agency dismissed 95 cases of suspected Russian doping, citing lack of evidence, 16 national anti-doping organizations, including the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, demanded Russia still be banned from next year’s Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea. “A country’s sport leaders and organizations should not be given credentials to… Continue reading d U.S. and 16 other national anti-doping agencies call for banning Russia from 2018 Olympics

Russia / Strategy Media Update (308) – 17 September 2017

September 17, 2017, 11:24 am

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Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> Gen Pavel comments on Zapad 2017, Coyle on the UN Donbass peacekeeper play, while Amb Volker does a stellar job of saturating the media with words of wisdom that will not be popular in Moscow. Ikhlov commentary on the failure of “the rule of the Chekists – the… Continue reading Russia / Strategy Media Update (308) – 17 September 2017

Merkel braced for Russian cyber-attack as German election looms

September 17, 2017, 11:48 am

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 What really caught my eye in this article is a reference to “The Sputnik Report”, ordered by Angela Merkel.  After the incident, Merkel commissioned the German secret services to investigate Russian ­activities in the country. The result is the so-called Sputnik report, an exhaustive document seen only by a small cadre of top officials. A… Continue reading Merkel braced for Russian cyber-attack as German election looms

Intelligence, Politicization, and the Russia Probe

September 17, 2017, 12:10 pm

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I was an intelligence professional for decades. I had a lot of pride in being absolutely a neutral, trying to be objective, fair, and unbiased in every way.  During the last two decades, I have seen many seniors inexplicably leaning to the left.  Far too many conclusions were based on a liberal bias, it confounded… Continue reading Intelligence, Politicization, and the Russia Probe

Baghdad Ten Years Ago – 16 Sep 07

September 18, 2017, 4:56 am

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WEEK 44:  Building more walls in Baghdad. Knocking down walls in the headquarters. Man in the Middle During a section update this week, the Battle Captain in the Command Information Center briefed us on a protest of the wall barriers being erected along the Ghaziliyah and Shula neighborhood borders.  I directed Chief of Operations (CHOPS)… Continue reading Baghdad Ten Years Ago – 16 Sep 07

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How to Wage an Information War

September 18, 2017, 7:19 pm

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September 18, 2017 8:38 AM Jamie Dettmer KYIV — “One clear lesson is that you can’t fight propaganda with propaganda,” says Tetiana Popova. “If you do that you lose credibility yourself and bring all facts into doubt,” adds the former Ukrainian deputy minister for information policy. “And that is what the Russians want,” she said firmly.… Continue reading How to Wage an Information War

Russia / Strategy Media Update (309) – 18 September 2017

September 18, 2017, 7:33 pm

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Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> Four nice essays on Zapad 2017, plus some Russian propaganda. UN peacekeeper for Donbass debate continues – again COCW on Matviyenko statements. Bomb hoax epidemic continues. Yakovenko brilliantly articulates six major fracture lines in Russian society, noting a majority is living frozen in time, culturally. Kiselyov speculates… Continue reading Russia / Strategy Media Update (309) – 18 September 2017

President Trump Takes Aim at North Korea’s ‘Rocket Man’

September 19, 2017, 6:01 pm

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09-19-2017 President Donald Trump used his first United Nations general assembly address to warn North Korea of potential destruction if it doesn’t give up its nuclear weapons program. The speech was greeted in the U.N. chamber mostly with silence, as Trump castigated a succession of hostile regimes. He first singled out North Korea, recounting its… Continue reading President Trump Takes Aim at North Korea’s ‘Rocket Man’

Samantha Power: Why Foreign Propaganda Is More Dangerous Now

September 19, 2017, 6:12 pm

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By SAMANTHA POWER SEPT. 19, 2017 When George Washington gave his Farewell Address in 1796, he urged the American people “to be constantly awake” to the risk of foreign influence. In the wake of Russia’s meddling in the 2016 United States election, the president’s warning has a fresh, chilling resonance. The debate in the United States about… Continue reading Samantha Power: Why Foreign Propaganda Is More Dangerous Now

The Russian Revolution Centenary: 1917-2017 Politics, Propaganda and People’s Art

September 19, 2017, 6:20 pm

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Propaganda “THE CRITICAL ISSUE FACING the Bolsheviks in 1917 was not merely the seizure of power but the seizure of meaning.” –Victoria E. Bonnell in “Iconography of Power: Soviet Political Posters under Lenin and Stalin.” The Bolshevik revolution that was followed by the counter-revolution and the civil war had to resort to use multi-modal propaganda… Continue reading The Russian Revolution Centenary: 1917-2017 Politics, Propaganda and People’s Art

Russia / Strategy Media Update (310) – 19 September 2017

September 19, 2017, 7:14 pm

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I’m back. Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. Keep sending your tips, hints, and thoughts. </end editorial> A most interesting address to the UN GA by POTUS – putting the DPRK and Iran on notice. Media have latched on to the “Rocket Man” and “totally destroy North Korea” lines, overlooking much more interesting language. More Zapad commentary, two Russian… Continue reading Russia / Strategy Media Update (310) – 19 September 2017

Anatomy of a Russian attack: From robocalls to hoaxes, a look at tactics used

September 20, 2017, 4:34 am

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By J.J. Green | @JJGreenWTOP September 20, 2017 4:40 am WASHINGTON — In the early hours of Feb. 13, 2017, just after returning home from a trip to Africa earlier in the month, David Pollock woke up to the incessant ringing of his mobile phone. He answered it. On the other end was someone speaking in Russian, who abruptly… Continue reading Anatomy of a Russian attack: From robocalls to hoaxes, a look at tactics used

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Crafting an information warfare and counter-propaganda strategy for the emerging security environment : hearing before the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifteenth Congress, first session, hearing held March 15, 2017.

September 20, 2017, 4:35 am

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Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities [Browse] Format: Book Language: English Published/ Created: Washington : U.S. Government Publishing Office, 2017. Description: 1 online resource (iii, 84 pages) Notes: Paper version available for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Publishing Office. “H.A.S.C. no. 115-16.” Congressional Hearings… Continue reading Crafting an information warfare and counter-propaganda strategy for the emerging security environment : hearing before the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifteenth Congress, first session, hearing held March 15, 2017.

Serbia: disinformation as political strategy

September 20, 2017, 4:41 am

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Media lynching for those who do not toe the government line, judicial authorities that do not protect citizens, independent journalists accused of conspiracy. This is Vučić’s Serbia 19/09/2017 –  Dragan Janjić Belgrade “We will use all the legal instruments at our disposal and, if we cannot achieve anything in Serbia, we will appeal to the European Court… Continue reading Serbia: disinformation as political strategy

Only Human Hands Can Craft Effective Information Offensives

September 20, 2017, 4:55 am

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The title of this piece is slightly off and it threw me off while reading this article.  The author addresses this in one sentence: Some human had to actually plan out what the Facebook page is going to look like, what the objective is, what the target audience is, and how to create the account… Continue reading Only Human Hands Can Craft Effective Information Offensives

MILNEWS.ca Highlights – September 20, 2017

September 20, 2017, 4:57 am

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Tidbits from Both Sides of the Fight #CANvsISIL/The Kurds DND’s latest on Operation IMPACT “Barzani gives Baghdad ultimatum: Provide alternative in 3 days or vote proceeds” “Barzani: If we receive independence guarantee as ‘alternative,’ we celebrate on Sep. 25” “Barzani: We Have the Right Not to Trust Verbal Pledges” “Referendum Council Reiterates Independence Vote Will… Continue reading MILNEWS.ca Highlights – September 20, 2017

This Week’s Highlights From OCCRP

September 20, 2017, 8:57 am

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Donate & Support The Fight Against Corruption OCCRP on iPhone  |  OCCRP on Android Gold And Chaos In Orinoco A joint investigation by Efecto Cocuyo and OCCRP explores the Orinoco Mining Arc- the Venezuelan government’s controversial attempt to find new sources of wealth- and the devastating effects of the mining on the people who live there.… Continue reading This Week’s Highlights From OCCRP